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FAA Poorly Managed NextGen Funding
By AVweb Staff | March 11, 2018
A new report this month from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
https://www.oig.dot.gov/sites/default/files/FAA%20NextGen%20Developmental%20Funding%20Audit%20Final%20Report.pdf
says the Federal Aviation Administration...

Once again the FAA makes absolutely NO Sense. So if I am a hobbyist
who knows NOTHING about airspace, flight paths, regulations, etc. I
can just call up the local tower tell them I am flying and
where.....if I even know my true relationship to the tower, and I can
fly my drone. But If I am a Part...

https://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/FAA-Expands-Drone-Access-To-Airspace-230405-1.html
FAA Expands Drone Access To Airspace
By Mary Grady | March 7, 2018
The FAA is expanding a program that will provide “near real-time”
processing of requests for access to controlled airspace from...

I have a friend who bought an airplane in 1962, and he cannot remember the make.
It was a white or cream taildragger with tandem seating and a control stick rather than a yoke. It was a high-wing airplane, and it was easy to fly.
He bought it when he was 15, for $600, and his only training was...

https://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/AOPA-NBAA-Decry-WSJs-ATC-Stand-230331-1.html
AOPA, NBAA Decry WSJ’s ATC Stand
By Mary Grady | February 19, 2018
A Wall Street Journal editorial last week said it would be a good idea
to privatize the air traffic control system, and singled out the
opposition...

https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2018/february/07/piper-wins-record-order-for-152-training-aircraft
Piper wins record order for 152 training aircraft
Order announced at Singapore Airshow
February 7, 2018 By David Tulis
Piper Aircraft Inc. scored a big win with firm orders for 152...

https://newatlas.com/airbus-vtol-vahana-first-test-flight/53228/Electric
self-piloted Airbus VTOL aircraft completes first full-scale test
flight
The race is most certainly heating up in the world of autonomous
flying taxis. From the Intel-backed Volocopter's recent debut at CES
to Ehang's...

If the possibility of engine failure is doubled in a twin, what are
the chances with 12 engines? :-)
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https://newatlas.com/joby-aviation-funding/53232/
Intel leads $100 million in new funding for Joby's tilt-rotor flying
taxi
Joby hopes to cut down on traffic and pollution in...

NOVA PRESENTS
“The Impossible Flight”
Airing Wednesday, January 31 at 9 pm on PBS
On March 9, 2015, Solar Impulse II took off from Abu Dhabi on one of
the greatest aviation adventures of our time: the first solar-powered
flight around the world. Together with a team of brilliant engineers,
two...

https://www.avweb.com/blogs/insider/When-Government-Cant-Keep-Up-230190-1.html
When Government Can't Keep Up
By Russ Niles | January 19, 2018
As the U.S. girds for another budget showdown that threatens to shut
down the government, aviation, deemed an essential service in most
respects, will...

I have recently come into possession of three David Clark headsets. I have two h10-40's & one h10-20. I am not a pilot , so I am selling them. I will take $100 a piece or $250 for all three. If you are interested please send an e-mail to me at
Thank You...

http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jGmCCdwLzGDbbNiTCieifVBWcNMlxQ?format=standard
House transportation chair will not seek re-election Rep. Bill
Shuster, R-Pa., chairman of the House Transportation and
Infrastructure Committee, announced Tuesday that he will not seek
re-election. Shuster proposed...

I usually will pass on posts like this one, but I'm left with this horrible
feeling that somehow, an absolute idiot who is stupid enough to actually
believe something like this might have somehow squeezed through the system
somewhere and be flying an airplane in the same sky and endangering people...